Patch 6.82! The Rekindling Soul Update

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Just one word! SUPER AWESOME! Wait that’s two.. Oh well, this patch deserve that! This is the first time in the Dota 2 history we got this kind of updates. After we got some mysterious teaser in the previous day, this day indeed worth the wait! New map adjustment, new Rune and two heroes got reworked. Not to mention the Patch 6.82 Updates. Yeah.. I can see you drooling.. So without further ado, let’s unpack the patch!

GENERAL

Fountain Area Changes
Fountain area is now at a higher elevation level
Fountain vision increased from 1400 to 1800
Fountain attack range increased from 1100 to 1200
Fountain True Sight increased from 900 to 1200

Map Reworked
Reworked terrain surrounding the Roshan area
Reworked terrain around the Dire bottom lane
Reworked terrain below the Top Radiant Tier 1 Tower
Reworked the area to the left of the bottom Dire Tier 2 Tower
Moved Dire bottom Tier 2 Tower back very slightly
Added an alternate path to the north of the bottom lane Side Shop
Added an alternate path to the right of the bottom Dire Tier 1 Tower
Added a new ward spot near the bottom Dire Tier 2 Tower
Added a new ward spot near the top Radiant Tier 2 Tower
Added a new ward spot between Roshan and the Dire bottom lane
Bottom Lane Dire creeps now arrive slightly closer to the Dire Tier 1 Tower
Top Lane Radiant creeps now arrive slightly farther from the Radiant Tier 1 Tower

Added a Bounty Rune
Grant 50 XP + 5/Min and 50 Gold + 2/Min. Can be botled
Two runes now spawn in the river every two minutes. One of them will always be a Bounty Rune
Runes are replaced every two minutes if they are not picked up

Denied creeps now give less experience
50% Experience instead of a constant of 36 per unit

Picking starts after a 35 second strategy period.
Teams alternate picking. Whenever it is a team’s turn to pick, anyone on that team can pick for themselves.
Teams have up to 30 seconds to pick a hero. If the timer expires, each player that hasn’t selected a hero will lose 2 gold per second. The selection will stay on this team until a hero is picked.
Once a selection is made, it immediately switches to the other team to pick.

Additional Notes:
Initial starting team is random, but known at the start of the strategy period.
If a team has not picked and continued losing gold for more than 30 seconds, a player that hasn’t picked will be assigned a random hero and the turn will resume to the other team.

New Bloodrage:
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Amplifies all damage taken and dealt (including spells)
A hero affected by the Bloodrage buff who kills a unit will be healed for 25% of the dying unit’s max HP, however heroes affected by Bloodrage when killed will heal 25% of their max health to their killer
– This no longer dispels the target
– Buff can be dispelled
– Duration: 9/10/11/12
– Amplified Damage: 25/30/35/40%
– Mana Cost: 0
– Cooldown: 12/10/8/6
– Cast Point: 0.2
Can target Spell Immune (but Spell Immunity does remove it)
Notes: This no longer silences or does damage over time.

Replaced Blood Bath with a new active ability, Blood Rite
Blood Rite:
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Targets an area. An effect that is visible to enemies appears on the ground. After 3 seconds, enemies in the area are damaged and silenced.
Area of Effect: 600
Cast Range: 1500
Silence: 3/4/5/6
Damage : 120/160/200/240 Pure Damage
Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 29/26/23/20

Thirst visibility and true sight are granted only when the target is at or below 30% HP (instead of 50/25% for vision/true sight)
Thirst now shows a debuff and a visible effect to the enemy when they are revealed
Thirst movement and damage bonuses are now proportional to how low the enemy’s health is [?]
Thirst movement speed and damage bonus increased from 5/15/25/35 to 10/20/30/40

Broodmother
Spin Web now has 1/2/3/4 charges with a 40 second replenish time, instead of a 30 second cooldown [?]
Spin Web time to enter hidden mode after taking damage increased from 3 to 6 seconds
Spin Web movement speed bonus is doubled whenever Broodmother is in hidden mode (having not taken damage recently)
Spin Web phasing and speed bonuses now work on Spiderlings
Spin Webs are now selectable and have an ability to destroy themselves
Spin Web can now be cast from anywhere as long as the new web touches another
Whenever Broodmother is taken out of Spin Web’s free pathing, she destroys nearby trees

Centaur Warrunner
Stampede mana cost increased from 80 to 100

Chaos Knight
Phantasm Illusion duration increased from 24 to 34

Chen
Penitence duration rebalanced from 7 to 5/6/7/8
Penitence slow and damage amplification rebalanced from 8/16/24/32 to 14/18/22/26
Penitence now amplifies a damage source directly instead of attempting to re-deal a percentage of the damage taken as Physical damage
Penitence cast range increased from 600 to 800
Holy Persuasion is no longer restricted from targeting Spell Immune neutral creeps
Aghanim’s Scepter now allows Holy Persuasion to target Ancient Creeps (maximum 1 Ancient Creep per level of Hand of God)

Clinkz
Searing Arrows is no longer an Attack Modifier

Clockwerk
Hookshot now pulls Clockwerk to neutral creeps normally like any unit [?]

Crystal Maiden
Frostbite damage interval from 70 per 1 second to 50 per 0.5 seconds (total damage now 150/200/250/300) [?]
Freezing Field explosion radius increased from 230 to 250

Dark Seer
Vacuum cooldown rescaled from 28.0 seconds to 28 seconds

Dazzle
Aghanim’s Scepter Weave armor reduction per second increased from 1/1.25/1.5 to 1.25/1.5/1.75

Earthshaker
Fissure no longer has unit targeting
Fissure is no longer blocked by Linken’s Sphere

Elder Titan
Added Aghanim’s Scepter: Causes units that are pulled in by Earth Splitter to be disarmed in addition to being slowed. Slow/disarm duration increased from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6.
Natural Order armor reduction increased from 25/50/75/100% to 40/60/80/100%
Natural Order magic resistance reduction increased from 8/16/25/33% to 12/19/26/33%

Faceless Void
Chronosphere area of effect reduced from 450 to 425
Chronosphere flying vision area reduced from 1000 to 425
Chronosphere no longer disables passives
Chronosphere’s effects no longer linger for an extra 0.5 seconds (like normal auras do) at the end of its duration

Lone Druid
Spirit Bear now has 300 mana
Spirit Bear using Hand of Midas now grants the XP to Lone Druid

Lycan
Shapeshift no longer grants 1.5 Base Attack Time
Shapeshift cooldown increased from 100/70/40 to 120/90/60
Shapeshift speed increased from 522 to 650
Shapeshift now has a 1.5 seconds transformation time

Phantom Rush: a passive basic ability for Phantom Lancer, or his illusions, to quickly close the distance to an enemy
Phantom Rush:
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Passive with cooldown. Triggers when issuing an attack order on an enemy unit outside of attack range. Grants bonus movement speed and Phase until Phantom Lancer strikes his target.
Minimum distance to trigger: 300
Maximum distance to trigger: 600/700/800/900
Cooldown: 16/12/8/4

Note: Illusions also have this passive.
Note: If the attack order on the original target is canceled, the speed bonus is lost.

Doppelganger: a new ability for dodging immediate danger, and confusing enemies with deceiving illusions
Doppelganger:
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Target an area. Phantom Lancer and all nearby illusions will disappear for 1 second, then have their positions shuffled into the target area. This also creates two illusions of opposite types.
Illusion 1: Deals 0% damage and takes 100% damage.
Illusion 2: Deals 20% damage and takes 600% damage.
Illusion duration: 8 seconds

Juxtapose: now his Ultimate, and allows both Phantom Lancer and his illusions to create more illusions
Juxtapose:
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Grants Phantom Lancer, and his illusions, a chance to create an illusion when attacking.
Max Illusions: 6/8/10
Illusion Duration: 8 when created by the Phantom Lancer, 4 when created by his illusions
Hero Chance: 40/45/50%
Illusion Chance: 8%
Illusion Damage Taken: 500%
Illusion Damage Dealt: 16%

Phoenix
Added Aghanim’s Scepter: Allows Phoenix to cast Supernova on an allied hero, bringing both into the Sun to be reborn together. This does not refresh either hero’s ultimate. 500 cast range. If the Sun is destroyed, both heroes will die.

Permanent Invisibility is now a basic ability
Permanent Invisibility fade delay from 3/2/1 to 8/6/4/2
Permanent Invisibility now provides 4/5/6/7 HP regeneration while invisible [?]
Blink Strike is now an Ultimate and can target Spell Immune
Blink Strike bonus damage from 30/60/90/120 to 50/70/90
Blink Strike now has 3/4/5 charges, with a 30 second replenish time, instead of a 20/15/10/5 cooldown
Blink Strike mana cost reduced from 50 to 40
Blink Strike cast range increased from 700 to 800

Shadow Fiend
Necromastery soul cap increased from 12/20/28/36 to 15/22/29/36
Requiem of Souls debuff is now applied when the wave hits units instead of in a slightly smaller area independently
Requiem of Souls slow increased from 20% to 25%

Spirit Breaker
Charge of Darkness cooldown reduced from 35 to 12
Charge of Darkness cooldown is now triggered when Charge hits its target or is cancelled, instead of when cast
Empowering Haste can now be cast to improve the Aura by 50% for 6 seconds. 20 second cooldown. After it is used, the aura is 50% weaker while the ability is on cooldown. [?]
Greater Bash damage from 10/20/30/40% to 22/28/34/40% of movement speed

Treant Protector
Nature’s Guise mana cost reduced from 90/80/70/60 to 60
Added Aghanim’s Scepter: Grants a new ability, Eyes in the Forest, which allows Treant to enchant trees to spy on his enemies and expand the area Overgrowth affects.

Tusk
Ice Shards no longer stops when it hits a hero
Ice Shards now travels until the cast location and creates its blockade there
Ice Shards cast range increased from 1500 to 1800
Ice Shards no longer destroys trees
Snowball bonus speed per hero increased from 75 to 100
Allies can now click in the snowball to jump into it

Undying
Tombstone area of effect increased from 400/600/800/1000 to 600/800/1000/1200
Aghanim’s Scepter Flesh Golem damage amplification increased by 5% at all levels, both min and max [?]
Flesh Golem slow aura increased from 9% to variable from 5% to 15%, based on distance to Undying (same mechanic as the damage amplification)

Viper
Corrosive Skin now only affects enemies within 1400 area of effect
Corrosive Skin damage cannot be reflected multiple times

Visage
Familiar Stone Form cooldown from 30 to 26

Warlock
Fatal Bonds now shares the same damage type that is dealt to it, before it is reduced [?]
Fatal Bonds damage percentage from 20% to 25%
Golem attack range increased from 100 to 225
Golem Base Attack Time improved from 1.35 to 1.2
Golem HP regeneration increased from 15/20/25 to 15/30/45
Golem Immolation area of effect increased from 250 to 300
Golem Flaming Fists chance reduced from 60% to 40%

Active: Guard – Gives nearby allied heroes (750 range) +2 armor and a damage block shell that has a 100% chance to block 50 damage. Lasts 9 seconds. Cooldown 70.
Passive: Damage Block – Gives the wearer a chance to block damage from each incoming attack based on whether the equipped hero is melee or ranged.
Note: Guard only affects heroes. Has the same no stacking mechanic as Pipe of Insight/Mekansm for 70 seconds.

Shivas Guard
Freezing Aura no longer displays its debuff on the enemy if the carrier is not visible

Town Portal Scroll
Gold cost reduced from 135 to 100

DAMAGE TYPE CHANGES

A few abilities and damage type mechanics have been reworked. There are now three primary damage types and a Spell Immunity Piercing status with each. Each ability now carries a notation in the tooltip indicating these.

The three damage types are Physical, Magical and Pure.

Physical is affected by Physical Armor, Magical is affected by Magical Damage Resistance and Pure is affected by neither.

Magic Immunity has now been renamed to Spell Immunity. Spell Immunity only defines if Spells interact with it, not how damage itself is handled. This means that on its own Spell Immunity status does not reduce any damage.

Black King Bar, Repel, Rage and all other previous forms of “Magic Immunity” now grant Spell Immunity status and a 100% Magic Resistance bonus.

In the vast majority of cases, the interactions are still the same, however an example of a case that would be different is if an ability has both Spell Immunity exception and has Pure damage type. Previously the damage would not have any impact, however now it does.

Warlock
Fatal Bonds now shares the same damage type that is dealt into it, before it is reduced [?]
Fatal Bonds damage percentage from 20% to 25%
Flaming Fists damage type from Magical that pierces Spell Immunity to Magical (No longer pierces Spell Immunity)

Necronomicon
Last Will damage type from Pure to Magical (Still does not pierce Spell Immunity)
Last Will damage increased from 400/500/600 to 550/675/800

Urn Of Shadows
Changed from HP Removal to Pure

Additional Notes
1) Composite Damage: This damage type has been removed. There are no longer any abilities which use Composite Damage.
2) HP Removal: This is no longer considered a Damage Type, and its remaining uses are as an alternative cost to Mana for spells to use (Sunray, Burning Spears) or as functional HP modifications (Armlet, Sunder, etc). These are now considered usage costs in the game and are never lethal.

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

API
Added more detailed data in the live combatlog streaming available with the dota_combatlog_file convar

USER INTERFACE
When the courier receives a deliver order it will now morph into the courier of the player that requested delivery [?]
Net Worth Graph now includes consumable items

New Alt Clicks
Alt-Click the clock to print the current game time
Alt-Click on a bottle with a stored rune will print out the rune name
Alt-Click enemy hero abilities to warn your teammates
Alt-Click the quick buy to say much gold is needed to complete the item

New Chat Wheel Options
Good Game
Good game, well played
(All) Good game – Counts as calling GG in an official game
(All) Good game, well played – Counts as calling GG in an official game
What should I buy?
I’m retreating
Space created
Whoops
Destroy the tower, then get back
Destroy the barracks, then get back
Ward the bottom rune
Ward the top rune
Zeus Ult Now!
Fixed the item select dialog in the loadout not closing if you clicked shuffle
Fixed not being able to remove gems from a ward or hud skin with an Artificer’s Hammer
Fixed the Showcase Hero in the profile not using the correct Kinetic Gem animation
Snowball and X Marks the Spot now respect the disable help setting

If you can’t wait until it’s available in the Dota 2 Main Client, you can update your Test Client right now! Enjoy the new patch!